TOKYO -- The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has brought a cloud of uncertainty to the country's future leadership, adding a new wrinkle to tensions in the Middle East, already rocked by the war in Gaza.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday tried to project a sense of order, stressing that Raisi's death in a helicopter crash has not caused a disruption in the government. While the president heads the Iranian government, the supreme leader is the country's highest political authority.

